DECEMBER 1
BORN ON DECEMBER 1
1967 – Nestor Carbonell, appeared in “Director’s Cut,” “Killer Movie” and “Bates Motel – TV Series.”
1958 – Charlene Tilton, appeared in “Doctor Spine,” “Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck,” “Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories – TV Mini-Series documentary,” “The Silence of the Hams,” “The Fall of the House of Usher” and more.
1953 – Ágata Lys, appeared in “Knife of Ice,” “The Frenchman’s Garden” and “Trauma [1978].”
1951 – Treat Williams, starred in “Dead Heat,” “Deep Rising,” “Mask Maker,” “The Hideout,” “Venomous” and “The Phantom.”
1929 – David Doyle, actor in “The Comeback,” the TV Movie “The Stranger Within” and an episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
1922 – Paul Picerni, character actor who appeared in many films and TV shows including “House of Wax [1953],” “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” “The Fearmaker,” TV Series “Circle of Fear,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
1890 – Etta McDaniel, appeared in “King Kong [1933],” “The invisible Ray” and “Son of Dracula.”
DIED ON DECEMBER 1
2022 – Mort Zarcoff, associate producer for the TV Movie “She Waits.”
2021 – Jo Decaluwe, actor in “Memento Mori.”
2021 – Alvin Lucier, composer for the horror short “The Registry.”
2019 – Shelley Morrison, appeared in “Castle of Evil,” “Devil Times Five” an episode of “The Outer Limits: Tourist Attraction.”
2019 – Siu-Tin Lai, soundtrack for “Journey to the West” and worked in the music department for “New Mr. Vampire.”
2011 – Bill McKinney, appeared in “2001 Maniacs,” “Hellborn,” “The Green Mile,” “It Came from Outer Space II,” “She Freak” and “The Strange and Deadly Occurrence – TV Movie.”
2008 – Paul Benedict, appeared in the films “The Addams Family,” “The Devil’s Advocate” and the 1993 version of “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.”
2006 – Sid Raymond, appeared in “Fright” and “The Funhouse”.
2005 – Jack Colvin appeared in “Embryo,” “The Terminal Man,” “The Spell” and “Child’s Play [1988].”
2003 – Carl Schenkel, director for “Bay Cove,” “The Surgeon,” “Dracula Blows His Cool” and 4 episodes of the TV Series “The Hitchhiker.”
1999 – Marilyn Harris, known for portraying “Little Maria” in “Frankenstein [1931].”
1990 – Robert Gordon, directed “It Came From Beneath The Sea” and “The Black Zoo”.
1947 – Aleister Crowley, was an English occultist an appeared in “The Mysteries of Myra.”
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 1
The Ghost Walks [1934]
House of Frankenstein [1944]
Murder in the Blue Room [1944]
Corridors of Blood [1958] – UK (limited)
Zontar: The Thing from Venus [1967] – TV Movie
Crimson Cult [1968]
Die Sister Die! [1978]
Death House [1988]
Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers [1988]
Primal Rage [1988] – Italy
Witcher [1988]
Rush Week [1989] – video premiere
Heartstopper [1991] – Netherlands
Body Melt [1993] – BFI London Film Festival
Terror Firmer [1999] – New York City
I Dream of Dracula [2003]
Turistas [2006]
Gun Town [2009]
Inoperable [2017]
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DECEMBER 2
BORN ON DECEMBER 2
1972 – BC Fourteen, writer/producer/director of “Bigfoot vs the Illuminati,” “Werewolf Rising”, “Do Not Disturb,” “Fangoria: Blood Drive II” and more.
1968 – Lucy Liu, starred in “Rise: Blood Hunter” and appeared in “The X-Files – TV Series.”
1955 – Dennis Christopher, starred in “Fade to Black,” “Blood and Lace” and “Stephen King’s IT.”
1944 – Cathy Lee Crosby, starred in “The Dark” and appeared in the “Helen of Troy” episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
1943 – Arch Hall Jr., starred in “The Sadist” and “The Last American Horror Show.”
1943 – Pierangelo Civera, voice dubbing for “The Conspiracy of Torture,” “The Devil’s Wedding Night,” “Death Smiles on a Murderer” and appeared in “Nightmare City.”
1938 – Robert Birnbaum, associate producer for the TV Movie “The Devil’s Daughter” and unit production manager for the TV Mini Series “The Shining.”
1933 – Maurice Poli, actor in “Five Dolls for an August Moon,” “Baron Blood,” “Papaya: Love Goddess of the Cannibals,” “Touch of Death,” “The Murder Secret,” “Massacre,” “Hansel e Gretel,” “Frankenstein 2000” and “Cruel.”
1924 – Jonathan Frid, starred in “Dark Shadows” appeared in “The Devil’s Daughter” and “Seizure.”
1924 – Jimmy Sangster, Hammer screenplay writer whose scripts included “Curse of Frankenstein,” “Horror of Dracula,” The Brides of Dracula,” “The Crawling Eye,” “The Mummy [1959],” “Dracula: Prince of Darkness” and many more.
1917 – Ezra Stone, director for some of the episodes of “The Munsters.”
1894 – Warren William, starred in the 1941 version of “The Wolf Man.”
1875 – Frank Reicher, actor in “King Kong [1933],” “Before Dawn,” “Son of Kong,” “The Invisible Ray,” “The Devil-Doll,” “Dr. Cyclops,” “Night Monster,” “The Mummy’s Tomb,” “The Mummy’s Ghost,” “House of Frankenstein” and more.
DIED ON DECEMBER 2
2022 – Al Strobel, actor in the TV Movie “Child of Darkness, Child of Light.”
2022 – Gary Friedkin, actor in “Hard Rock Zombies” and “The Twilight Zone – Episode: Gramma/Personal Demons/Cold Reading.”
2022 – Jo Carroll Pierce, soundtrack/writer for “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation – “Ruby.”
2022 – Louis Negin, actor in “Rabid [1977],” “Deadline [1980],” “Love & Murder,” “Pontypool” and 15 episodes of the TV Series “Mona the Vampire.”
2021 – Antony Sher, actor in “The Wolfman [2010]”
2020 – Warren Berlinger, appeared in 2 episodes of “Matinee Theatre.”
2020 – Richard Corben, comic book artist for “Creepy Comics #19 & #24.”
2020 – Rafer Johnson, appeared in “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – Episode: The Cadaver [1963].”
2020 – Kenneth V. Jones, composer for “The Tomb of Ligeia,” “Tower of Evil,” “Whoever Slew Auntie Roo,” “The Projected Man” and “The Brain.”
2020 – Hugh Keays-Byrne, appeared in “The Death Train.”
2020 – Boris Plotnikov, appeared in “Savage Hunt of King Stakh” and “Progulka po eshafotu.”
2019 – Dorothy Catherine Fontana, writer for TV episodes of “War of the Worlds: The Meek Shall Inherit,” and “Circle of Fear: Earth, Air, Fire and Water.”
2019 – John Richard Easton, appeared in “Bruges-La-Morte” and an episode of “The Unforeseen: Early One Morning.”
2015 – Will MacMillan, actor in “The Crazies,” “Christmas Evil,” “Cards of Death,” “Dark Romances Vol. 1” and an episode of the TV Series “Werewolf.”
2006 – Don Dohler, writer/director/producer for “The Alien Factor,” “Nightbeast,” “Stakes” and “Fiend.”
2004 – Larry Buchanan, wrote, directed and produced “The Eye Creatures,” “Zontar: The Thing from Venus” and “In The Year 2889”.
1990 – Robert Cummings, starred in “Flesh & Fantasy,” “Dial M for Murder” and the “King Nine Will Not Return” episode of “The Twilight Zone”.
1982 – Marty Feldman, played “Igor” in “Young Frankenstein”.
1953 – George Kirby, appeared in “The Invisible Man’s Revenge,” “WereWolf of London” and “Dracula’s Daughter”.
FILMS RELEASED ON DECEMBER 2
The Return of Dr. X [1939]
The Awful Dr. Orloff [1964]
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock [1964]
Scalps [1983]
Watchers [1988]
Game Over [1989]
The Descent: Part 2 [2009]
Rabies [2010] – Israel
Pet [2016]
Siren [2016]
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